A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
WILLIAM COWPERAbsence of proof is not proof of absence.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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But oars alone can ne’er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.
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God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.
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A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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Happy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life.
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Still ending, and beginning still.
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Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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Remorse, the fatal egg by pleasure laid, In every bosom where her nest is made, Hatched by the beams of truth, denies him rest, And proves a raging scorpion in his breast.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.
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